THE COLLEGIATE
PubUshed Weekly at Atlantic Christian College
Wilnun, N. C.
To provide the student body and (acuity of this institution
with a means of communication and a free discussion of the
Interests of the day.
. Editor
Alice Shepard . ^ .
Vittriithi W'urni'r Assistant Editor
?erry EEre' , Sports Editor
Patsy Scburn Makeup Editor
David Wibb Business Manager
Malvia Harris Photographer
January 31, 1964
SaliilP To Aliunni
Welcome Alumni! There is much difficulty welcoming some-
one to a campus which they once called “home/’ However, di^-
\na the last fifteen years, eight new buildings have been added
to the college physical plant and only five original bmldings on
the campus have withstood the years. Many changes have taken
place, and Atlantic Christian has grown to an educational insutu-
tion of approximately 1300 students.
Alumni you are our representatives in the business and pro
fessional fields, and through your achievements, our college may
be measured.—AS
ACC Grotvs
Fifteen years ago Atlantic Christian College was a small, but
good liberal arts school with five buildings and approximate^
500 students. Since 1949, the enrollment has more than doubled,
the faculty has almost tripled, and eight buildings have been add
ed to the campus: Administration Building. Hardy Library. Class
room Building, Moye Science H-all. Music Classroom Building.
Harper Hall, Hackney Hall, and the Lee Infirmary. During this
period ACC was accredited by the Association of American Col
leges and the Southern Association of American CoUeges and Sec
ondary Schools.
What prompted this wholesale transformation of a college with
only five buildings and 25 teachers? What enabled ACC to erect
eight buildings valued at over two million dollars, expand its
enrollment to almost 1300 students and increase its faculty to
72 membor-s - :ill in only 15 years?
The answer i.s quite simple. Atlantic Christian had its be
ginning in the minds of men who had the foresight to know that
we would w-'int a college educ'iti<jn. They saw that many^ problems
would confr<;at us in the '60’.s and that the hope of solutions cauld
be rt ulized throuj’h the education of the young adults, 'ihey un-
dersU:i>d tht.'ir re-^p; nsibilities and accepted their challenges. With
out the concern and dynamic aggressiveness of these men to pre
pare us for thu future, many of us would not be here today.
Altliough ACC has experienced phenomenal growth in the past
decade, it is ;itill far a finished good. The college must con
tinue to improve it-^'lf in order to meet an ever increasing num
ber of problems which hinder its ability to educate students for
their responsibilities In the future.
In preparation for the future, Atlantic Christian launched a
campaign development drive in the winter of 1963 with the mini
mum goal set at $750,000. Approximately 90 per cent of this goal
has been reached with the remainder expected shortly. The pur
pose of this drive was to expand and improve the school’s facili
ties, increase faculty salaries and attract learned professors of
all fields of knowledge.
It is the vision of such men who devoted themselves to the
development of Atlantic Christian in the past 15 years that we
students owe a debt of gratitude. Let us hope that this foresight
will never be blinded.—BH
Period Of Preparation
There are many responsibilities placed upon college students,
and all of us are quite aware of most of them. However, there
are some responsibilities placed upon us that are not plainly visi
ble and the possibility of overlooking them is often a reality. The
one which is overlooked the most is our responsibility to our
country.
We fail in this respect because we are not properly prepar
ing ourselves for the future. That is, a nation looks to its col
lege students as the leaders in the years to come. They must be
able to take charge in all walks of life as our present leaders
pass on. We can all recognize the consequences if this does not
occur. These principles must be kept in mind as we go through
our period of preparation.
Everyone would agree that the world today is far more com-'
plex than it was even ten years ago. The great advance in tech
nology has the primary result of making our world smaller and
smaller everyday. As the world gets smaller our relations with
people in other lands becomes closer and much more complex.
The result is we are often forced to take into consideration in
ternational reactions to the policies we might follow. This also
occurs on many other levels than the political level. In short, if
our nation is going to maintain her place of leadership in the world
our citizens, and especially our college students, must be inform
ed and aware of events throughout the world. They must not only
know that these events have occured but they must know why
they have occured and what to look for in the future.
However, today the average college student is not informed
of world events. Certainly the student does not suffer from a
lack of information when we consider the great contribution of
top grade newsmen ni the radio and television field, and the end
less supply of information in the literary field. Instead the aver
age student does not have the interest, or he lacks the incentive
to take the time to educate himself on current events. The very
high standard of living in this country has made it possible for
the student to live without wondering were his next meal will
come from, or whether he will be able to find a place to sleep
for the night. As a result, the average student is able to isolate
himself from many of the hard realities of the world, and his
knowledge of other people with these problems and others Uke
them Is negligible.
If the average student attempts to discuss a problem in cur
rent events the major difficulty then becomes simplification. A
very good explanation of this is provided by Robert V. Daniels in
his book “The Nature of Communism.” Mr. Daniels says: ‘‘It is
human nature, where weighty affairs of state are concerned, to
make the world and the issues which agitate it seem clear and
simple. Where much is at stake, and political affairs are highly
charged with emotion, people are particularly inclined to con
ceive of their problems as the result of uncomplicated, if better,
conflicts of competing states, groups, or principles. ITie more
serious the challenge, the less are people able to study it dis
passionately and to appreciate what may be the complex reality
of its true nature. Never in modem history has this been so true
as it is now.”
It is easy to recognize that the complex of our world will not
become any less complicated in the years to come. With this in
mind let us consider what our lives would be like if we were
living under the domination of a foreign power, which denied
us our rights and freedom. All of us wish to avoid this, but to
do this we must accept our responsibility to our country. To
reject it would be an act of submission.—DW
College Prepared
For AC Homecoming
By RAY FIbHER
The 1954 Homecoming at Atlantic
Christian should prove to be one of
the finest the college has ever
had. Both students and faculty have
worked hard together to make it
an event long to be remembered.
The first event of the weekend is
the “Pre-Homecoming” Dance fea
turing the “Electras” from Rocky
Mount. The dance is to be held
Friday night in the lobby of the
Classroom Building. Casual dress
may be worn. Sigma Tau Chi is
operating the concession stand, and
Omega Chi is furnishing publicity
for the dance.
At 2:30 p. m. Saturday, there
will be a Band and Choral Con
cert held in the gymnasium. At the
intermission the Homecoming Queen
of 1964 will be crowned. Later in
the evening the fraternities and
sororities will give dinners for their
alumni and alumnae.
Saturday night, the Atlantic Chris
tian Bulldogs play host to the Cata
mounts of Western Carolina in the
gymnasium. Support from the stu
dents would be greatly appreciat
ed by attendance at this game. Af
ter the game there will be a dance
held in the Classroom Building.
Coats and ties are to be vi'orn by
the boys, and the girls are re
quested to wear heels.
Sunday is Parents’ Day on the
campus. Let each of us remember
to treat our guests with courtesy
and friendliness.
The fraternities and sororities are
having Open Houses for alumni this
weekend. All of them have worked
hard to get their houses ready.
We all need to be reminded that
it is up to us, the students, to de
termine how our Homecoming will
be. Let’s do all we can to make
this a pleasant weekend for every
one. Homecoming 1984 should be an
event for all of us to remember.
We owe our thanks to all of those
responsible for making it possible.
The students have reflected many
ideas about this weekend and about
what we, as the student body, can
do to make it better. Some ideas
have been brought up in casual
conversations and others have been
brought up by the administration.
We could have more varied events
and more participation on the part
of the student body. We should par
ticipate in this Homecoming be
cause it is for us and for our
alumni. We can make it the best
Homecoming we have ever had or
we can make it the worst. There
will be alumni, parents, and other
guests on the campus this week
end, so we should put our best
foot forward and give them a hearty
welcome.
Girl Scout Council
Administers Program
Throughout the United States
there are hundreds of Girl Scout
Councils chartered by the Girl
Scouts of the U.S.A. to administer
the Girl Scout program within a
given area. In these councils are
many different types of challenging
professional positions that demand
the talent and devotion of skilled
women. If you are interested in
public relations, personnel work or
camping; if you like to travel or
do administrative work — there
may be a job for you in profes
sional Girl Scouting.
Your primary work would be with
the volunteers who organize, sup
port, and lead Girl Scout troops.
You might be working directly with
individuals and groups in areas of
public relations, personnel, pro
gram, or fund raising. Initiaitve,
versatility, knowledge of and ability
to get along with people are nec
essary for this job.
Salaries are comparable to those
of professional workers m business,
industry, government or education.
Employee benefits are kept up-to-
date and reviewed constantly.
For further information, contact;
The Girl Scout Council
Of Coastal Carolina
Box 1735
Goldsboro, North Carolina
Cavnpus Musical
by ANN HAYES
,,r at ACC has increased with the construction of
building and the formation of the ACC Music Club. Thj,
Lilding wiU be dedicated and several of the organizations
wflfbe active to S activities Both the band and toe cho?u
H rfortirinate in the afternoon concert for hsmecoming. Earlier in
S day Vocal Ensemble will entertain at the ^umni Luncheon. The
Siorus will siS again at the Parents’ Day festivities on Sunday.
In Tddition to hearing our own organizations other opportunities
for the spring semester include concerts by such artists as the New
York Brass Quintet, Ferrante and Teicher, Miss Roberta Peters, Mr.
Jan P^rce the Burlington Boys Choir, University of Richmond Chorus,
Davidson Choriis, and Miss Janet Danielson, and Mr. Lawrence Gupton
of o^ own faculty. Several orchestral groups will be appearmg in the
area such as The Houston Symphony, Philharmoniea Hungarxca, and the
North Carolina Symphony. , i-
The Music Club has been responsible for some increase in music
activity One of the aims of the club is to stimulate interest in many
areas of music Performance, lectures, and discussion are some of the
types of programs. The cl'ib is composed of music mapors and minors
and students who love music. , , , , „ •
One aspect of the new music building to be used by all is the rec
ord library. Records may be checked out for a ttoee-day period or
listened to in the listening rooms in the budding. There is a chance
to absorb good music right in your own room.
It wiU be to the advantage of students to take advantage of the
opportunities to hear concerts on and off campus and. to enjoy to the
fullest the facilities of the new music building.
News And Views
The Western nations received a sharp blow this week when the
Government of France recognized the Government of Red China. Ihi.ij
move would appear to be another step by Charles de Gaulle to build
up the glorification of France.
’The bases for this step seems to be primarly an economic move.
Even though this act has further strained relations with the U.S., de
Gaulle recognized Red China so that it might be possible for him to
regain French influence in Southeast Asia.
Witlhin the past ten years it has been the burden of the U.S. to
aid and assist most of the aUied and neutral countries in Southeast Asia.
This has not been an easy task because we have often made serious
mistakes in diplomacy and the assistance to South Vietnam in her
hghh against the Communist has been at a great expense. 1110 battle
in South Vietnam remains the key to any Southeast Asian policy.
The U.S. feels that this war must be won if all cf Southeast Asia
is to avoid Communist take over. However, since this war has not
been going weU in the past few months, President de Gaulle has pro
posed that North and South Vietnam be reunited under a policy of
neutralism. 'This, of course, would stop the fighting, but it would also
make Communist control of the area a certainty. A fine example
of the result of such a policy is the country of Laos where the Com
munist are now in almost complete control.
De Gaule is fully aware of aU this, yet he is willing to sacrifice
Southeast Asia if it means that France can re-establish the economic
foothold of the area that she onced possessed.
It is not likely that these plans will ever go into effect, but the
pursuit of such a policy only weekens Western unity that much more.
Perhaps it would be wise for President de Gaulle to examine some
past history, and to take notice of where the Ulusions of other men
have fallen to the realities of the times.
from the eye of the fly
BY JOHN REYNOLDS
A Proposal for Corrective Methods in Teaching the Black People Ingroup
Identification
I was down in Birmingham last week, which is the only safe posi
tion to assume in Birmingham, and my attention was summoned to
the preponderance of friction midst the local populace. I was attend
ing a convention of what has been called Mafia with a drawl. The
dinner was formal, of course, top hat, white sheet and tails. Cocktails
before dinner consisted of a variety of fine burbon or scotch to one’s
pleasure—straight, of course; we are against mixed drinks. The evening
was quite gay. One incident ensued, however, which almost disrupted
the proceedings. The chef, unvnttingly I assume, served large help
ings of Fudge Ripple ice cream for dessert.
The convention itself was highly serious in tone, and I think much
was accomplished'. The main topic, of course, was centered around
our organization’s primary concern—the happiness of the American
negro. I was invited to state my prooosal for corrective methods in
teaching our colored friends in-group identification.
Great confusion has taken place in the past few years. The black
man is mstracting himself to lose his identification entirely. He, there
by , IS creating unhappiness among the black race and great bewilder
ment among us Americans. Only a month ago I was strolling through
an amusenient park. There I noticed a man sitting on a bench babbling
to himself in utterly incoherent mutterings. It was later revealed through
hypnosis tiiat this man had suffered severe mental trauma. He couldn’t
make a decision as to where a black boy should sit on a merry-go-
round.
The crisis has befallen us. Action is demanded. The first step in
my proposed rehabilitation program is to revamp our southern edu-
cational attitude. We must again rewrite our history books. ITie negro
chud must learn the truth about himself—that his people were not actu-
ally freed by Alaraham Lincoln. This is a technical point grossly mis-
imderstood by him Granted they are not stm on the open market,
but and tos was firmly stated in Montgomery in 1865, they are out
J^^®rson Davis. They must also be made aware of
the tact toat the Civil War Centennial does not mean the 100th anni-
versary of separate washrooms. Although we do recognize this as the
reason why the South never suffered from the recession—we were too
busy buildmg washrooms.
^ teach the Negro a more optimistic view
toward his employment. The Negro is so pessimistic that as soon as
noJ + Iwking on the black side of things he is' out of a job. This
P’^oPose there are many jobs across the color bar.
^me positions have already been fUled. For instance we now have two
u®. T command. I realize, of course, they don’t look
what fel?^volunteer^'''^®
there have been large groups of black people congrega-
pockets of the South trying to solicit more Negro
ha? feUow acquaintance of mine from Chicago
^nc 1 problem, and I think valuable les-
*^0™ our northern patriots. Therefore, I pro-
problem arises we have a slum clearance. This
hiicoo «more use of our public transportation services. The
buses once agamg wiU appear level. Lately the buses in the South
Tn^Ptf silghtly forward as if over-balanced in the fro'nt
I happiness of these black people.
methods of therapeutic recreation. The Negro may find
l^ttp” iden^ication by playing “Freed.om-Rider’s Rou-
tette, you pick from six bus tickets—five go to Chicago and one to
S " morf favorilJle%S to the
at a whitjp min ^ concept of being able to swing a bat
man without causmg a riot
Vr. ^ tremors across our land that I direct my proposals.
s^iS reverberations which shake notary the
^ch but to all lands. To the hypocrisy
to the against a moving expression of freedom—vital
who AnH ^ prejudice which bites and hurts all
Who care. And to ignorance-mainly to ignorance.